“…These developments have revolutionized the HTA space because AIMS techniques enable throughputs that are orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional LC‐MS tools, approaching analysis rates that are achievable with fluorescence‐based techniques but without the need for fluorescent labels. Several surface‐based MS techniques, such as matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), direct analysis in real‐time (DART), desorption electrospray ionization (DESI), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), and self‐assembled monolayers coupled with desorption/ionization (SAMDI), are capable of direct ionization of analytes with little to no sample preparation and have been demonstrated to be applicable in situations that require short analysis times and very small sample volumes 79,80 . An in‐depth review of the many AIMS approaches that have been reported thus far has been written by Kuo et al 81 .…”